Lubitsch's One Hour With You was nominated for one Oscar, Best Picture; the winner, however, was MGM's Grand Hotel with an all-star cast.
Exorcist, The (1973): William Friedkin’s Brilliant Oscar-Winning Horror Film, Starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow
October 9, 2006 by
William Friedkin's horror movie delivered a cultural and cinematic impact that is still felt today, shocking and enthralling audiences, who had never seen anything like it. Neither did the Academy voters, which nominated the film for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture.
Oscar Actors: Whitaker, Forest–The Last King of Scotland
October 8, 2006 by
If there's justice in the world‚Äî-and during the Oscar season this means the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences–Forest Whitaker should win the Best Actor Oscar for his multi-nuanced portrait of the charismatic dictator Idi Amin in Kevin Macdonald's “The Last King of Scotland.”
Oscar Actors: Finney, Albert–Five Time Oscar Nominee
October 6, 2006 by
Five-time Oscar Award nominee Albert Finney, who plays Uncle Henry in Ridley Scott's “A Good Year,” is the dynamic British stage and film actor whose career, now spanning a half century, is one of the most accomplished in the annals of contemporary acting.
Golden Door: Emanuele Crialese’s Ellis Island Immigration Drama, Italy Oscar Entry
October 3, 2006 by
Emanuele Crialese's Ellis Island immigration drama “Golden Door” is Italy's candidate for a foreign-language Oscar nomination. Crialese's film, about the travels and travails of Sicily's underprivileged Mancuso family as they seek a better life in the U.S. circa 1900, received the Venice Silver Lion and subsequently screened in Toronto.
